Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda
Author
Neubauer, Thomas A.
Author
Harzhauser, Mathias
Author
Georgopoulou, Elisavet
Author
Mandic, Oleg
Author
Kroh, Andreas
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-04-04
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.7
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Viviparus deleeuwi
nom. nov.
Viviparus muscelensis
Lubenescu & Zazuleac 1985: 104
, pl. 28, figs 1–4, 6 [non
Vivipara (Tylotoma) muscelensis
Stefanescu, 1897
].
Etymology.
In honor of Arjan de Leeuw (CASP, Cambridge), specialist for the stratigraphy of the Dacian Basin.
Type locality.
Voineşti,
Dâmboviţa
,
Romania
.
Age.
Lower Dacian (= Getian, middle Zanclean).
Holotype
.
Institut de Géologie
et
Géophysique
,
Bucharest
, coll. no. 17050.
Discussion.
In this particular case the rule of "difference in spelling of generic names" (
ICZN 1999
, Article 57.5) applies:
Vivipara
as given by
Stefanescu (1897)
represents an incorrect subsequent spelling of
Viviparus
Montfort, 1810
(
Melville & Smith 1987
, p. 185). The species is thus a primary homonym of
Viviparus muscelensis
(
Stefanescu, 1897
)
and needed a replacement name (see also Wenz 1928, p. 2345).